Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controlling the placement of data in a storage system
- Patent Title (中): 控制数据在存储系统中的位置
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Application No.: US13612196Application Date: 2012-09-12
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Publication No.: US08930667B2Publication Date: 2015-01-06
- Inventor: Gabriel Alatorre , Christian Bolik , Dietmar Noll , Laura Richardson , Aameek Singh , Sudhir V. R. Koka
- Applicant: Gabriel Alatorre , Christian Bolik , Dietmar Noll , Laura Richardson , Aameek Singh , Sudhir V. R. Koka
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Agent Jeffrey S. LaBaw
- Priority: EP11193300 20111213
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F12/02 ; G06F17/30
Abstract:
A method, computer readable storage medium and computer system for controlling the allocation of data to one of a plurality of storage units of a storage system, the method comprising: accessing a source storage unit comprising the data; gathering file system level (FS-level) metadata from the source storage unit; analyzing the gathered FS-level metadata for determining if the data should be moved to one of the other storage units, said other storage unit acting as a destination storage unit; and in case the data should be moved, displaying an indication of the destination storage unit and/or automatically moving the data to the determined destination storage unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130151804A1 Controlling the Placement of Data in a Storage System Public/Granted day:2013-06-13
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